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Israel’s prime minister has rejected a White House claim that it was surprised by his decision to turn down the offer of talks with President Barack Obama. US officials complained on Monday that they had learnt via the media that Benjamin Netanyahu had cancelled a planned visit to Washington next week. But Mr Netanyahu’s office said Israel’s ambassador had said ...

The kidnapped son of a Pakistani governor assassinated in 2011 has been found alive, just over a week after his father’s killer was hanged. Shahbaz Taseer was taken by gunmen in Lahore in August 2011, months after his father Salman was killed for opposing Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. The assassin, his bodyguard Mumtaz Qadri, was hailed as a hero by many. ...

5 March, 2016 Kabul has repeatedly called for all Taliban groups to sit at the negotiating table though President Ashraf Ghani has said his government will not make peace with those who kill civilians.   The Taliban today refused to resume long-stalled peace talks with the Afghan government, reiterating their preconditions for holding dialogue, a statement said. “We want to ...

5 March, 2016 US will sell eight nuclear-capable F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. (File Photo) Washington:  A top Republican Senator has asked his colleagues in the Senate to join him in opposing the sale of eight nuclear-capable F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, saying it was “past time” to demand accountability from the country whose “coziness” with terrorists has harmed the ...

2 March, 2016 The earthquake hit off the west coast of Sumatra A 7.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Indonesia, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The country has issued a tsunami warning, the National Meteorolgical Agency reported.   The shallow quake, which hit southwest of the island of Sumatra on Wednesday, had a depth of ...

US warplanes have carried out attacks on militants from the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Libya, killing at least 30 people. The strikes hit an IS training camp and “likely” killed a senior Tunisian extremist leader, US officials said. Noureddine Chouchane is linked to two attacks in Tunisia last year, including an attack that killed 30 Britons. The IS group ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Shairf is likely to meet his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Washington next month on the sidelines of a nuclear summit hosted by US President Barack Obama, a media report said on Friday. Sharif and Modi have both accepted President Obama’s invitation to attend a nuclear summit he is hosting in Washington on March 31 and ...

The legislation hits North Korea with more stringent sanctions over its nuclear weapons programme President Obama has signed off new expanded sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear programme, weeks after it launched a long-range rocket.   The country has refused to stop its nuclear programme and the bill was easily passed last week by Congress.   The sanctions attempt ...

The number of people killed when a bus crashed into a truck in northern Ghana has risen to 71, medical officials say. The Metro Mass Transit coach reportedly collided head-on with a cargo truck carrying tomatoes near the town of Kintampo on Wednesday evening. Regional police chief Maxwell Atingane told Reuters news agency that many passengers died at the scene. ...

The wreckage of a South Korean army’s helicopter in Chuncheon, South Korea.  A South Korean military helicopter crashed in an eastern province today, killing three of the four soldiers on board, officials said. The helicopter went down in a farming field in the city of Chuncheon in the eastern province of Gangwon during a checkout flight, defense and army officials ...